12/11/2014 - 6:47pm
Walgreens’ expanding immunization effort: The point of the spear for wellness offerings

Nothing highlights Walgreens’ transition to full-service community health provider better than the company’s massive flu shot and immunization program. Under an aggressive, seven-year expansion program driven by pharmacy, health and wellness chief Kermit Crawford, the program has given Walgreens a powerful platform on which to build an expanding menu of preventive health-and-wellness services.

 
12/11/2014 - 6:47pm
Walgreens’ Well Experience format: Design concepts for pharmacy’s future

Designed to improve patient access to pharmacists and showcase the chain’s health, wellness and daily living offerings more effectively, Walgreens’ Well Experience store format embodies the vision for a more engaged and more comprehensive model of pharmacy practice championed over the past decade by Kermit Crawford, outgoing president of pharmacy, health and wellness.

 
12/11/2014 - 6:47pm
Q&A: Walgreens' Kermit Crawford looks back

Kermit Crawford, a key architect in the transformation of pharmacy practice and the elevation of health-and-wellness services at the nation's largest drug chain, is retiring at the end of this year. DSN spoke at length with the pharmacy veteran about his role in the evolution of pharmacy at Walgreens, his outlook for the profession, and his own plans for 2015 and beyond.

 
12/11/2014 - 2:24pm
Teva intros generic Xopenex inhalation solution

Teva Pharmaceuticals on Thursday announced the availability of levalbuterol inhalation solution, USP (concentrate), a generic equivalent to Xopenex inhalation solution concentrate. 

12/11/2014 - 2:15pm
Lupin launches generic Celebrex caps

Lupin Pharmaceuticals launched the authorized generic version of Celebrex capsules in 50-, 100-, 200- and 400-mg dosage strengths. 

12/11/2014 - 12:21pm
Mylan announces launch of generic Robaxin

Mylan on Thursday announced the launch of methocarbamol injection USP, 100 mg. 

12/11/2014 - 12:14pm
Mylan launches generic Orapred ODT

Mylan on Thursday announced the launch of prednisolone sodium phosphate orally disintegrating tablets in 10-mg, 15-mg and 30-mg dosage strengths. 

 

12/11/2014 - 11:08am
Diplomat partners with Novation via Hospital Specialty Rx Program

Diplomat announced a new partnership with Novation through their Hospital Specialty Rx Program on Thursday.

12/11/2014 - 10:44am
FDA approves Gardasil 9 HPV vaccine

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Gardasil 9 for the prevention of certain diseases caused by nine types of human papillomavirus.

12/10/2014 - 9:51am
Teva launches generic version of Celebrex caps

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries on Wednesday announced the launch of generic Celebrex (celecoxib) capsules in the United States. The company is offering the capsules in 50-,100-, 200- and 400-mg dosage strengths.